Chinese Idioms Containing “山”

Get straight to point

Significado literal: Open door see mountain

Perfect artistic understanding between friends

Significado literal: High mountain flowing water

Persistence overcomes huge obstacles

Significado literal: Foolish old man moves mountains

Vast crowds of people

Significado literal: People mountain people sea

Absolutely stable and unshakable

Significado literal: Stable like Mount Tai

Make a comeback after setback or retirement

Significado literal: East mountain again rise

Irrefutable evidence; conclusive proof

Significado literal: Iron evidence like a mountain

Overwhelming pressure; imminent disaster

Significado literal: Mount Tai pressing on the head

Travel through hardship; overcome obstacles

Significado literal: Climb mountains, ford waters

Cross difficult terrain; overcome major obstacles

Significado literal: Cross mountains, pass ridges

Divert and conquer

Significado literal: Lure tiger from mountain

Overcome great obstacles

Significado literal: Thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers

Partial loss or retention

Significado literal: Half the rivers and mountains

Compelled to rebel

Significado literal: Forced onto Liangshan Mountain

Empower a threat

Significado literal: Release a tiger back to the mountain